Mary O’Donnell
Articles by Mary O’Donnell
2018
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Facts, After-facts and Fakes
Tara Bergin’s second collection displays an intellectually adroit interplay between disciplines not often evident in Anglophone poetry. Bergin excels at seeing patterns and connections; her…
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Irish Literature
Toxins
Although Annemarie Ní Churreáin’s poems often centre on ‘subjects’ and ‘issues’, the strength of her work derives from a perceived absence of agenda. There may…
2015
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Irish Literature
Out Of Their Feeling
A sparkling novel which traces the voyage of a number of young women transported to Australia to work in and help populate the ‘new land’…